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PURPOSE
To pool data from four published case-control studies of sudden unexpected death in epilepsy (SUDEP) with live controls, to increase the power to determine risk factors.
METHODS
Case-control studies from the United States, Sweden, Scotland, and England were combined. SUDEP was defined as (1) a history of epilepsy (>1 epileptic seizure during a… (More)

OBJECTIVE
To examine the influence of various factors on the risk of sudden unexpected death in epilepsy (SUDEP).
METHODS
The authors investigated 154 cases in which a postmortem examination was performed. Each case had four controls with epilepsy from the community, matched for age and geographic location. Backward stepwise conditional logistic… (More)

PURPOSE
Most people with epilepsy who die suddenly and whose death is attributed to sudden unexpected death in epilepsy (SUDEP) are found in or by the bed for unknown reasons. We assessed whether those with sleep-related SUDEP were more likely to have nocturnal seizures, and whether seizure patterns (diurnal vs. nocturnal) differed from people dying… (More)

OBJECTIVE
To determine early and late mortality in a cohort of 305 consecutive patients who had temporal lobe epilepsy (TLE) surgery over a 20-year period.
METHODS
Survival status, cause of death, and postoperative clinical details of those who died were ascertained in a cohort of 305 patients who had TLE surgery. Mortality was related to postoperative… (More)

OBJECTIVES
Sudden unexpected death in epilepsy (SUDEP) represents a significant category of mortality in the population with chronic epilepsy. A consistent feature is that most of these deaths are unwitnessed. The aim was to identify witnessed deaths, examine the circumstances, and relate these findings to the proposed mechanisms for SUDEP.
METHODS
During… (More)

PURPOSE
Talampanel (LY300164), a potent and selective alpha-amino-3-hydroxy-5-methyl-4-isoxazolepropionate (AMPA)-receptor antagonist, is a potential new antiepileptic drug (AED). This study examines the single- and multiple-dose pharmacokinetics, safety, and tolerability of talampanel in patients with intractable epilepsy and assesses the potential for… (More)

PURPOSE
In an analysis of four case-control studies of sudden unexpected death in epilepsy (SUDEP), we found that yearly frequency of generalized tonic-clonic seizures (GTCS) and antiepileptic drug (AED) polytherapy were associated with an increased risk for SUDEP. The prior analysis, however, did not evaluate AEDs and GTCS frequency concurrently.
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OBJECTIVE
To estimate the number of sudden unexpected epilepsy deaths occurring annually in England and Wales in those 16-50 years of age.
METHODS
All 1997 death entries mentioning epilepsy as a cause of death in those 16-50 years were examined and classified as sudden unexpected death in epilepsy (SUDEP), other epilepsy related deaths, or non-epilepsy… (More)

A retrospective audit of the perceived efficacy and tolerability of adjunctive gabapentin (GBT) therapy in patients with intractable epilepsy was carried out. The case-notes of 263 consecutive patients attending a tertiary referral centre in whom GBT had been added to concomitant anti-epileptic drugs were reviewed. There were 119 males (45%); the median age… (More)